The woman felt used, betrayed.
'All that time in the cave, alone and afraid. My only hope was the
voice that spoke to me through the glass. To know that it was reading
my thoughts and secret hopes, and telling me to remain there..... Just
MACHINES. All a terrible hoax.'
'Not all, my sweet Sylvie, and not terrible. The warnings they spoke
were true, and may have saved your life. And in the end, I did come to
you.' He put his arm around her.
'And is it not a miracle after all? Think of it. I was born fully
human, on a night when stars fell from the sky. Then Akar comes to me
in Barabbas' cave: I see a terrible vision, and am made an outcast.
The Mantis finds you in the mountains of the North and brings you here.
We are brought together.' He turned towards her. 'Even if
machines could accomplish all or part of that, so many miracles had to
come first. Life on Earth. The Universe itself, rather than a great,
formless void.
'What are the odds of it?' he continued. 'That you and I
should be standing here now, alive and still young, with love and hope,
and the chance to make a better life. Is that not miracle enough?'
'I know what you're saying. And of course you're right. It
just felt better. . .I don't know. . .to think that God was watching
me.
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